Using Selenium in PowerShell

[JLogan3o13]

There are a number of posts on the forum regarding use of Selenium in AutoIt. I recently had a go at using the PowerShell Selenium module, and was amazed at how easy it is. Thought I would post an example here; if anyone is interested this could probably be incorporated into AutoIt code pretty easily. 

Pre-Req - The true star of this script is the ChroPath extension, available for Edge, Chrome and FireFox. With it installed, you just click on the element, select Inspect, and then ChroPath generates the XPath to the element for you. Here is an example based on a simple form I created on one of my sites.

$myForm = Start-SeChrome -StartURL "http://logancomputerser.com/Appointment.html" -Maximized
$firstName = Find-SeElement -Driver $myForm -Timeout 30 -XPath "//input[@id='formElement_First']"
$lastName = Find-SeElement -Driver $myForm -Timeout 30 -XPath "//input[@id='formElement_Last']"
$address = Find-SeElement -Driver $myForm -Timeout 30 -XPath "//input[@id='formElement_Street1']"
$city = Find-SeElement -Driver $myForm -Timeout 30 -XPath "//input[@id='formElement_City']"
$zip = Find-SeElement -Driver $myForm -Timeout 30 -XPath "//input[@id='formElement_Zip']"
$state = Find-SeElement -Driver $myForm -Timeout 30 -XPath "//select[@id='formElement_State']"
$phoneDay = Find-SeElement -Driver $myForm -Timeout 30 -XPath "//input[@id='formElement_DaytimePhone']"
$phoneNight = Find-SeElement -Driver $myForm -Timeout 30 -XPath "//input[@id='formElement_EveningPhone']"
$email = Find-SeElement -Driver $myForm -Timeout 30 -XPath "//input[@id='formElement_liamE']"
$user = Find-SeElement -Driver $myForm -Timeout 30 -XPath "//input[@id='formElement_48564']"
$pw = Find-SeElement -Driver $myForm -Timeout 30 -XPath "//input[@id='formElement_f403c']"
$submit = Find-SeElement -Driver $myForm -Timeout 30 -XPath "//input[@id='wstForm_Contact_Submit']"
$reset = Find-SeElement -Driver $myForm -Timeout 30 -XPath "//input[@id='wstForm_Contact_Reset']"

Send-SeKeys -Element $firstName -Keys "Joe"
Send-SeKeys -Element $lastName -Keys "Blow"
Send-SeKeys -Element $address -Keys "111 S. Main St."
Send-SeKeys -Element $city -Keys "AnyCity"
Send-SeKeys -Element $zip -Keys "90210"
Send-SeKeys -Element $state -Keys "CA"
Send-SeKeys -Element $phoneDay -Keys "555.867.5309"
Send-SeKeys -Element $phoneNight -Keys "555.888.1212"
Send-SeKeys -Element $email -Keys "1Adam12@gmail.com"
Send-SeKeys -Element $user -Keys "JBlow"
Send-SeKeys -Element $pw -Keys "MyPassword"

Start-Sleep 1

Invoke-SeClick -Element $submit
Stop-SeDriver -Driver $myForm

 

As mentioned, this is just another way to skin the cat, but I found it a pretty fast way to initiate some easy testing in Selenium, and have used it a couple of times in projects now, both straight through PowerShell and wrapped in AutoIt.

[Danp2]

5 minutes ago, JLogan3o13 said:

The true star of this script is the ChroPath extension, available for Edge, Chrome and FireFox. With it installed, you just click on the element, select Inspect, and then ChroPath generates the XPath to the element for you

Nice tip

6 minutes ago, JLogan3o13 said:

As mentioned, this is just another way to skin the cat, but I found it a pretty fast way to initiate some easy testing in Selenium, and have used it a couple of times in projects now, both straight through PowerShell and wrapped in AutoIt.

What would be the advantages / disadvantages of this option over the Webdriver UDF?

[JLogan3o13]

@Danp2 as mentioned, just another way to skin the proverbial cat. In my case (and why I posted here instead of in the normal Examples thread) is using this in a larger script that cannot be done in AutoIt.